Peter Appelmann

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Peter Baranowski (* 2. January 1622 in Appel Berga , Östergötland , as Peder Andersson Slaghök ; † 1705 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish Amtshauptmann and tenant farmers on Usedom . At times he held the title of governor of the queen's domains . He was the model for the character of the governor Appelmann in Wilhelm Meinhold's novel " Maria Schweidler, the Amber Witch ".

Life

The son of the grocer Anders Nilsson Slaghök († 1621) from Appelberga gård in Hagebyhöga Socken (Sweden) in Östergötland was born after the death of his father. The father and mother Brita Ambjörnsdotter Sunnaväder came from old, well-known farming families. As a young man, Peder Slaghök worked as a private tutor for the Reichsrat Schering Rosenhane (1609–1663). He fell in love with his sister Märta, to whom he secretly became engaged, which is why her brothers persecuted him. They finally took him to Stockholm in 1650, from which he soon escaped.

Peder Slaghök became secretary and general manager of Queen Christina's table goods . These consisted of the earlier possessions of the extinct griffin dukes , which included the lands of the secularized monasteries Krummin and Pudagla on the island of Usedom . From 1654 to 1661 he was governor in Pudagla on Usedom , then until 1667 tenant of the Pudagla office. On October 1, 1656 he was raised to the Swedish nobility with the name Appelman . In 1664 he was appointed governor of Ösel .

The income from the Pudagla estates was only small in 1654. In 1661, too, he had to raise 8,000 thalers equity for the lease. There was a dispute about the repayment, which is why the Queen released him against his will on August 3, 1667. He litigated her until 1687, but received only part of his expenses back.

Fictional character

On Usedom, Peter Appelmann got into a dispute with Johannes Schweidler, who was pastor in Koserow from 1662 to 1677 . This conflict, described only by Schweidler in extremely sharp wording, moved the pastor and writer Wilhelm Meinhold in his novel " Maria Schweidler, the Amber Witch " to the malicious figure of the governor Wittich von Appelmann in the 19th century . The character of the fictional character probably corresponded little to the real person. In 1696 estate farmers testified that it would have been easier for them under Appelmann. The Benz pastor Bernhard Droysen praised Appelmann in 1708 as a benefactor of the Benz church , which he had renovated in 1663 with his own funds.

family

Peter Appelmann was married to Catharina Rehnskiöld (* August 5, 1643 in Stralsund ; † July 4, 1671), the daughter of government councilor Gerdt Anton Rehnskiöld , since July 21, 1655 . She was buried in the Benz cemetery in 1671. Her richly gilded copper coffin was discovered in 1906 and later brought to the local museum in Swinoujscie . The coffin and the rest of the museum's inventory have been lost since the end of the Second World War .

Peter Appelmann and his wife had three sons and three daughters. The eldest son Gustav Gabriel Appelmann (1656-1721) became a Swedish infantry general.

literature

Dataset on and literature about Peter Appelmann in the state bibliography MV - No hit, 23 July 2011.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Robert Burkhardt : Chronicle of the island of Usedom. Section 3: Since the Reformation. W. Fritzsche, Swinemünde 1912, pp. 46–47.
  2. ↑ Dirk Schleinert : The history of the island of Usedom . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2005, ISBN 3-356-01081-6 , pp. 110-111.
  3. ↑ Hellmut Hannes :  Medieval village churches on the island of Usedom . In: Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology (Hrsg): Baltic studies . New series vol. 68, NG Elwert, Marburg 1982, p. 40 f ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Appelmann, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Slaghök, Peder Andersson; Slaghök, Peter; Appelman, Peder Andersson; Appelmann, Peter Andersson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish governor in Pudagla on Usedom
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1622
PLACE OF BIRTH Appelberga , Östergötland
DATE OF DEATH 1705
Place of death Stockholm